23 September 2011

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KKSblog.com - Krishna is only visible to devotees

Krishna is only visible to devotees

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:08 PM PDT

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Modra, Slovakia, 2011)

People used to think that God lived somewhere on the clouds, and there on the clouds there would be heaven and angels and all these things. But nowadays most of us have been flying above the clouds, and no angels! We came today on Ryanair but there were no angels

In Mumbai they interviewed one of the first astronaut, who ever flew into outer space named Neil Armstrong. So they asked him:

"So Mr Armstrong when you were up there flying into outer space, did you have any religious experience?"

He said:

"No! I didn't see a sign of God up there, but maybe He was on the other side of the universe".

They thought that if God was not on the clouds than at least He would be more higher up than the universe, so at least the astronauts can see Him.

In the Bhagavatam it is described that Krishna took Arjuna outside of this universe, and it is described that the universe is covered by different shells:

First a thick layer of earth; then a layer of water which is ten times as thick; then a whole shell of fire ten times as thick; and a layer of air which is also ten times as thick; then the layer of sky and the layer of the ultimate holding crust which are also ten times as thick.

So in this way the universe is covered by different shells. Krishna and Arjuna travelled through these layers and outside of the universe they met Lord Maha Vishnu. So we cannot think:

"If we don't see any angels on the clouds, so that is a proof that there is no God!"

In the Bhagavad Gita it is said:

"Nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya
yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ," [Bg. 7.25]

That Krishna the Supreme Lord remains invisible from the non devotees. He covers Himself by illusory energy, and He is only visible to those who are becoming His devotees. So the Bhagavad Gita teaches this science….the science of devotional service and this is the great secret:

'That when we surrender in the devotional service to Krishna, then He becomes visible to us!'

The modern man Part 2

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 05:40 AM PDT

(Kadamba Kanana Swami,Modra, Slovakia, 2011)

I was reading the Sushruta Samhita which is a book about ayruveda which said:

"A thousand years ago, when there was a fracture, then they would put a bandage with herbs around it. Exactly at the point where the bone was broken, a red line would appear on the bandage."

In that way they could see exactly how it was fractured and they could set it up:

' So what is better, a herb bandage or an xray?'

So, in this way with our so called progress we have made life more and more difficult. What if I was to put on the dinner table, next to the pepper and salt, a spray can to kill insects! Then you add a little salt and pepper to the subhji and you take the spray can and you spray everything with pesticide:

'What do you think? A good idea?'

There is no need to put a spray can on the table because everything is already pres-sprayed. That has already been done….yum…yum.

There was a green peace poster which said:

"In the daily food package of man, there are the same amount of chemicals as twenty aspirins!"

So that is quite a bit if you think about it. So with things like that we are just wondering:

'Where are we now? Does man know more than ever before? Or do we know less than ever before?'

And in the name of education and advancement, we are day by day sinking deeper into ignorance, and gradually what are we bringing to the world? So like this, we see that so much knowledge in the world is not bringing happiness! But we say:

"No No! but there is a lot of progress!"

Nowadays we have very good medical care. Yes…but we also do not know the science of the herbs in the forest anymore! And by now there is very less forest left, so the herbs are also less powerful than in the past.

Gradually man has become estranged from nature, by forgetting the one thing that we are part of nature ourselves. The Bhagavat Gita reconnects us with our original roots. It reconnects us not only with nature but it also gives us a deeper understanding of what nature truly is!

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